Overwatch: Missing In Action (Discontinued?)

Survivors

As Jack, Gabriel and Angela turn to follow the young captain they question him on what he has found as they see more and more signs of a heavy fight before suddenly-

*CRACK*

"EVERYONE DOWN. NOW!!" Jack ordered, while looking for the source of the lone bullet fired at them as everyone else ducked down into a crater 30 meters behind him thinking they had a sniper in the area.

"I've got no eyes Gabe. Can't see anything." Jack whispered over his comms as he looked back at the group behind him before glaring at the captain next to him and saying "You failed to mention the sniper before eh, captain?" only for the young officer to look down as if he had disappointed his commanding officer, causing Jack to sigh as he realized the young man didn't know.

Meanwhile, back in the crater Gabriel looks towards Angela and the young corporal that accompanied them, since he was carrying the long range radio they would need to keep in contact with the rest of their forces, and shakes his head towards her before peeking over the edge of the crater towards Jack and the captain and listening to him on his ear piece. "Ok Jack. I'll call for some back up to deal with this sniper we seem to have on our hands." Gabriel responded before motioning the young corporal closer and having him call back to the rest of his company for support as he grabbed a pair of binoculars and started surveying the area in front of them.

"Hey Jack. I see something. About 100 meters in front of you, just under the crashed talon dropship" Gabriel started to say over the earpiece causing Jack to stop berating the young captain with him as he pulls out his own set of binoculars and surveys the wreckage looking for what caught Gabes eye. "What are you talking abou- wait. I see movement. Got it." Jack responds as he keeps the binoculars up to his eyes with one hand and reaches for his rifle with the other before seeing something that makes him stop cold.

"This is Strike Commander Morrison over. respond on this net" Jack starts broadcasting over his short range comms much to Gabriel's shock and anger before he stops suddenly in surprise as someone actually responds. "This is Private First Class Jones of Overwatch responding. is-is it really you commander?" a shakey voice answers. "I've got 4 others with me, all of us are wounded. one critically." the young voice reports as Gabriel, Angela and the young radio operator stand up and move to Jack and the captain, then follow them to the wreck where they come across the small squad of wounded and scared troopers.

As Jack shines his flashlight across the wounded troopers he sees the fear and despair in their eyes, before Angela pushes him out of the way and starts to perform first aid on them as the private that answered them stands up and approaches the two senior most overwatch commanders he knows for a debriefing. "Sirs I'm sor-" he begins before Gabriel waves him off and takes him aside to ask the question that they came to find the answer to. "Where's Agent Anthony?" he asks as the young trooper takes a heavily damaged helmet with a cracked visor out of his backpack and hands it to them. "He put up a hell of a fight sir, but they took him. They fucking took him. He ordered us to run. To get away while he distracted them. But they got him in the end, we came back and found only that helmet. We're sorry sirs. We should have stayed and helped." after which the young trooper started to cry as both commanders looked between each other and then at Angela with dark expressions. "Ok Private. Calm down and breathe. If its true that they were attempting to take him prisoner then all that would have happened is they would have killed you and your squad. Now go talk to Angela and she will give you a quick look over to make sure your alright. ok?" Jack said to the obviously shaken up trooper as he motions for the radio man they brought to signal for reinforcements and extra medical support before waving Gabriel to follow hm out of earshot of the others.

"Jack. Why would Talon want to capture one of our operatives. Much less Anthony. They have to know he won't talk or break easily?" Gabriel asked in uncertain terms." I mean he did go through that super soldier program like us and although he seemed to take a bit longer to recover he didn't seem to get any side effects. So if that didn't break him they wont." Jack stopped and thought for a second as he mulled over Gabriel's words, all the while trying to understand that one of his friends was more then likely gone, before he responded. "Honestly Gabe. I really don't know. Anthony was detached for to long to know anything to valuable. Besides, he was always a soldiers soldier, one of the guys and never wanted to be included in some of the command stuff we deal with." Jack said with a shrug as he turned and surveyed the battlefield they stood upon, only just realizing that this was his last stand. This was the last stand of a man they had known for years now and and only joined overwatch recently. A young man that they knew they could trust no matter what had happened. Even if they had all gone out and gotten drunk He had their backs and would be there through every drunken escapade they could think of. He had become like a brother to them and a good friend to a lot of the other overwatch members. "Reinhardt's going to take this badly. He had almost adopted him as a son and Anthony was more then happy to have him act like his father." Jack finally said with a sad expression as he heard the sound of a dropship coming. "Angela already isn't the same. They were closer then I thought they would ever get." Gabriel responded as they both turned to see the dropship, done up in overwatch colors and insignia rise over the hill and quickly speed towards them. "I feel like I should have been here. At the very least to take him home." Jack said with a sad finality as they walked towards Angela and the squad they were with, still carrying Anthony's cracked helmet. "I have to know what happened here." As he walked he keyed his long range communications to base.

"This is Strike Commander Morrison. Ana, resend this to all overwatch agents, troops and bases. We have a agent missing in action. I repeat. We have a agent missing in action. We need leads people. Let's bring our man home."

A/N sorry its taken me a bit to come out with this chapter. I had to decide to split it in half and update and fix some things that were wrong with it. the next chapter should be soon and it will have the action i promised.